The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-22
STATE ITEMS.

On six ears of corn raised in Navarro
county 1920 grains were counted.
The public schools of Goldthwaite will
begin the first Monday in October.
The Arkansas Pass road contemplates
running cars to Flatonia by October 20.
Cotton in Brazoria county is said to be
better this season than 1t was last season.
Grass continues to grow nicely at San
Saba, and stock of all kinds are doing
well.
The cotton worm is doing considerable
damage in some parts of Navarro
county.
The first sleeper over TIE Sherman q
Mount Pleasant road arrived Sunday
night.
the way of stock water all over Grayson
county.
The prospects for cotton and sweet
potato crops in Bell county are said to be
splendid.
Cotton is coming in every day at Bon
ham and sales are lively, prices ranging
from 81 10 to $40.
The capitalists of Nacogdoches are rails
ing money to build railroad to the oil
wells near that town.
'Uncle Billy" Jones, of the Oldest citi-
zens in Bee county, died CD the 9TH inst,
at his home in that county.
The millet crop of Jones county is
fine, and some of the farmers are making
two crops off of the same land.
ho l., e,,l Df
looking for. oil, coal, etc. 1t is hoped that
they may make "rich find"
The high water drove the deer out of
tho bottom lands near Corsicana, and
some fifteen or twenty were killed.
Pecans are beginning to open in some
places in San Saba, and in a few weeks
this excellent crop will be on the market.
Hon. r. H. Latimer, we'll known in
many parts of the state, aged ~ years,
died last week at his residence in Clarks-
vile.
The peaches, apples, pears, grapes and
other fruits raised in such overabundance
around Ell Paso, cannot be excelled any
where.
The Alliance gin at Celeste is now COM
plete and ready for business. 1t is said to
be one of the best arranged gins in that
county.
The best rain of the season fell Thurs
day afternoon and night at Burnet, and
was probably general all over that section
of country.
Cotton about Ladonia is reported to be
| unusually fine, one farmer having exhib-
tied stalk six feet high, having $50 well
formed bolls.
Marlin was blessed Thursday night with
heavy rain and farmers are now happy
over the prospects of top cotton crop if
there is late frost.
Saturday evening part of the scaffold
ing at the Sherman oil mills fell, and Rob-
ert Harvey was very painfully injured
about the right leg.
Mr.. Green Lyons, young man re-
siding near Lockhart, who was condemned
as lunatic last week, will be taken to the
asylum at Austin soon.
The state orphan asylum is the plum
the Register is after just at present, and
it is believed that Sherman has as good a
show as any city in Texas.
Fall shearing has begun, and several
clips we're brought to Colorado last week
and disposed of at good figures. Colorado
is the wool market of the west.
The steel cages in the county Jail at
Paris were completed Saturday, and Capt
j. D. Selby, who superintendent work for
the st. Louis contractors, did a splendid
job.
Dave Adams shot and killed John
Brooks (both colored), in a negro gamb
ling saloon, at Richmond, Saturday eve.
ming. The difficulty was over a game OF
cards.
The sound of the saw and hammer il
heard on every hand. Everyone in JEFF
ferson seems TO have caught the improve
ment fever. We hope the epidemic will
continue to spread.
A young negro boy was drowned near
the junction of the rivers below San An.
gelo Saturday night. The river was swol-
len by heavy rains, and in attempting to
cross he was washed down stream.
The Farmers Alliance trustees, Satur.
day, st Dallas, decided to locate their cot.
ton mill west of the river at Oak Cliff,
where they can pass a local option law TO
prevent the operatives from drinking.
A relic, in the shape of copper plate
bearing the inscription: at. Col. Worth
L. S. Army" was found BY Attorney
Erwin at his residence in Burnet, and By
him presented TO the museum at that
place.
Owing TO the recent copious rains the
hills snd valleys in the vicinity of Fort
Davis present beautiful appearance,
The grass has grown wonderfully, and. as
a consequence, the csttlemen show smiling
faces.
The hesviest rain that hiss fallen s;
Abiline for more than year began to
fsl Friday, So ?. m, and continued
throughout the night. The ground is
thoroughly vet, snd from reports the rsin
hiss been general sll over the county.
The chances for obtaining the location
OF the orphan asylum ST Bonhan are
pretty good. The citizens Of Bonham
asve given the guarantee OF bonus thst
will probably be s. good s. will be offered
By auy other town IN the state.
There vas S the rsin 81 Gold.hEai;e
lasi Saturday. sud the rain seems 10 have
been general 81 over the country. The
;op crop OF cotton would have been good
If the wo-us had rot entirely destroyed
i. The range Is fre and the cattle II s
sp.s1Gii condition 70 Stsri the winter.
4 curious proceeding vss in progress
II tas cOc-t- house Saturday evening s; :